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G. MAIRE, Jr. EYEGLASS HOLDER.

No. 471,734. Patented Mar. 29, 1892.

NETE STATES GOTTLIEB MAIER, JR., OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T CARTER,

' SLOAN & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

EYEGLASS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION fornfing part of Letters Patent No. 471,734, dated March 29, 1892.

Application filed December 3, 1891. Serial No. 413,917. (No modal.)

T0 aZZ wh0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, GOTTLIEB MAIER, J r., a c1tizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable othersskilled in the art to whioh it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in eyeglass-holders; and it consists in the construction and arrangement et parts hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

The object and purpose of this invention are the provision of an improved form of eyeglass-holder adapted to be attached to wearingapparel in a manner to prevent its accidental detachment and at the same time rendering its application extremely simple and easy.

A further object of the invention is to se construct thesnpporting-hook that the glasses Will not become detached therefrom by the movement or attitude et the wearer.

These obj ects are attained by the construction illstrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form.

In the drawings, A represents the supportinghook, having a circnlar ring B at its lower end and two parallel contacting portions b b, the-former oonstituting the shank and the latter the tongue, whieh is formed With an outwardly and npwardly extending lip b on its onter end, forming a guide for the connecting-spring of the eyeglass-frame as the saine is forced down between the tongne and shank. In construeting the ring of the h0ok the material is bent back, forming a shoulder b while the enter portion is bent outwardly and at the union of the tongue is bent at an angle to form a shoulder b at a point slightly above the shoulder 6 as shown, thus allowing a ready access of the spring between the shank and tongue when the glasses are to be removed. Tire upper end et the shank is bent into two loops 0, to Which the eyeglass string or chain is attached. The material constituting the suppo1ting-hook is carried inward from the loops at right angles to form the support D for the holder, and its inner end is th en bent up at right angles, as at E, and terminates in a spiral fastening F, which is formed into a series of one or more coils arranged parallel, the extreme outer end being bentout and sharpened or pointed, as at f. The portion E is bent slightl y outward, so that its up- *per end will be in advance of the plane of the inner portion of the lower end, and as the coils commence at the upper end of this part the lower portion of the first e0il Will be in advance of the lower part of the part E, so that it requires the aid of a pointed instrument to force the fabric to which the holder is attaehed back to allow of the part E being withdrawn.

In Fig. 4 a modified form is shown, wherein the cord-loop 0 is shown at the side or midway the length of the shank and the ring is carried back with its free end directly below the shoulder b and is there bent slightly downward.

In applying this holder the point of the spiral fasteneris first inserted in the fabric. The holder is then turned until the entire spiral has passed through the material and the support D occupies the aperture, in which position the holder is prevented from moving in or out, but is allowed a swinging or pivotal movement, so that as the wearer reclines on his side the position of the holder will be vertical, which overcomes the tendeny of the glasseS to force their way out between the tongueand shank as the wearer moves his.

I daim as new, and desire 130 secnre by Let portng-hook, the shank of which is formed ters Patent, s l With a horizontal extension constituting a 1. An eyeglass-holder consisting of a metal support, and a spiral fastener at right angles shank havinga right-angled extension on its to said support, substantially as described. 15 5 upper end, forminga support, a spiral fasnener In testimony whereof I affix my signature in at the outer end of the extension, havng an presence of two wtnesses. ontwardly-extending penecratng point, an

eye on the shank, and a hodk formed on the GOTTLIEB MAIER, JR. lower end of the shank, snbstantialy as de- W-itnesses: 10 scribed. FRANK H. SOMMER,

2. An eyeglass-holder consisting of a sup- CHARLES M. LUM. 

